Number of people counted

Total population

1,503 people usually live in Upper Westown. This is an increase of 60 people, or 4.2 percent, since the 2001 Census.

Upper Westown has 1.4 percent of Taranaki Region's population.

Population of Upper Westown and Taranaki Region, 2006 Census

Upper Westown

Taranaki Region

Male

753

51,144

Female

750

52,980

Total

1,503

104,127

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Number of occupied dwellings counted

There are 585 occupied dwellings in Upper Westown.

For Taranaki Region as a whole, there are 40,461 occupied dwellings.

Note: This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals, and values for the same data may vary in different text, tables and graphs. For areas with small populations, the data may not look as expected because of this rounding.